BlueLyon

Kai is about to finaly push it guys!!!!

Kante shouldnt be sold IMO.

bartomeu is an idiot. Long may he reign.

So a comfortable 3rd would be a failure to you? Also IMO biggest improvement for me would be some consistency. Last season we played super footie for smaller periods. Then we just zoned out and it turned to crap. Think FA cup final. What kind of performance was that after the first 20min? If we manage to play with same drive and intensity like we did the first 20min, but extend it to 65-75min, we will win many, many games and I will be happy with the season. Also stop fucking around with Arse and Spuds and beat them.

Are we realy in for Rice too this summer?

No one leaves the club when Roman means business.

As much I despise Arse and other rivals, its fantastic that the league is strenghtening. With the new ambitions we should be able to cope and strong competition is always welcome. City and Pool are already strong, but its not impossible that Chels, United and even Arse could pull some great moves in next years. Us along with United are bound to bounce back, its just been too long since we were truly dominant (around 2008) and much like Pool was shite not long ago, things turn around sooner or later. Arse are laughing stock, but I admit they are doing some smart deals if rumours are true. If they get most of those targets, they will be a fresh threat. Long live PL

I have a bad itch ever since KdB left and we have to watch him pulling miracles for City. This guy will make us forget the red belgian. He is realy unique player. Doesnt even try too hard, but always pulls a great move. Reminds me of Kevin alot. This will be some team when everyone gets along.

Well he did play the game though. Maybe media just blowing steam...

Arsenal are now in race to sign Thiago too. Hell for £23m, we should enter the race too 😂

Neymar is leaving Nike for Puma. When did a superstar of this magnitude change sponsor? I dont remember; Messi, CR, R9, Jordan, Lebron,... Nike is losing probably the most marketable player in the world with CR and Messi retiring sooner or later.

Nigerians say its true.

Read abit and wolves fans say its because they made deal with the devil...Mendes. He brings players to the club, but if he wants he, can also sell them for cheap if that brings him bonus fees.

Why was Doherty so dirt cheap?

This guy much like Luis just didnt work out here. But IMO he will turn serie a upside down if he ends there. And maybe even ends up better LB than Chilwell. Not for us, but in general.

Rotation is good, but give me Pool undisputed front 3 over Peps rotational play where no player knows his role bar maybe Sterling, Laporte and Ederson. So if we are going to rotate like crazy, nothing good will come out of it. That just fucks up entire mentality in big games. Mount will be seen as quality alternative, but thats it. Alternative. Not a first choice week in week out player.

For me, after last season ended, the key needs were; New GK, massively improve defence, buy prolific striker and replacement for Willian: a rotational RW so it doesnt hinder Odoi progress but adds depth. Why? Because despite our youth apparently isnt good enough, we actualy scored plenty goals and created far far far more. A prolific striker and the fact our players would naturaly improve as individuals and team, that would improve our efficiency which was a problem. Still, we scored many goals though. And Pulisic if fit would play whole season, big benefits too. On other hand, our defence was beyond crap. If possible all bar Azpi and maybe Zouma/Tomori should be replaced. That goes for our DM too. Because man, that defence was championship bad. Not bad. I havent seen worse defending in years. BUT. What happened? We forked out shitload on our attack which was already very good and promising. And we brought 36 year stop gap CB (who given circumstances is very good option, a smart option but isnt exactly long terma and doesnt fix these problems) and Chilwell (not my fav but ok its definately improvement). Maybe we get a GK, but who? Possibly not a top top one because our money went into attack. So basicaly, our club wasnt happy enough with attack to point they signed players worth 200m, yet defenders who were complete dogshit will get another season of chances. Shouldnt be the other way around? As for James I said it plenty times he is exception and might actualy have chances as starter, read the posts entirely before asking me out... But hey everyone was jerking on our youth and how they excelled the expectations. Now suddenly we will be southampton next year if they were our starters. Because the new shiny toys are popular now. I mean look Im not pissed with new transfers at all. We will look like a powerhouse again probably. But youth project is done. When will people get it, even if Mount plays what 30 games out of 60, no way he starts ahead of Kai in big games when both fit and in form. See where Im getting at? Its not the play time. Yes rotation will be there and Mount, Odoi will play. Its CL key game and you throw your players out there. Mount will sit those out when new signings will be fit. Unless they are flopping. At the end of the day our board made it clear we have Werner, Kai, Puli and Ziyech as our star players now. Lamps will play Mount indeed, but you dont apporove 100m purchase if you have faith in Mount haha. Rotation? Right, Kai is coming to take the spot from minute 1. The whole point of trusting in youth is to play Mount as your main player next year and sure he will be piss poor in some games, but players develop and one day he becomes top player. Reward for faith. But we just went and bought Kai and co for quicker success. Because of the oportunities or corona or whatever, doesnt change the fact club drooled over new players and if we kept playing with Mount, Odoi etc we would be competing with Soton. I mean didnt we just get to top 4 and could be much better if we had better defence? There was opportunity to create homegrown core, but we decided to go 2003 and buy a new team. It is what it is.

Because we already have Odoi and co. We dont need to spend more on foreign talent. Odoi is very talented. So is Mount. James is too laid back, but could make it. Tammy is limited indeed. If Odoi and Mount played for another team, people would be creaming over them, its always like that.

It was pretty obvious, but with Ziyech wearing #22, its safe to say Puli will be our new #10.

But Kai would be instant impact and you mentioned them as his alternatives. Future wise, Cherki looks to become some player indeed.

WAT Deulofeu Sarr Kabasele Doucoure Hughes Foster BOU Wilson King Fraser Lerma Billing Brooks NOR Cantwell Buendia Lewis Godfrey Aarons PL returns in 2 weeks and neither of these has been picked yet by any PL club. Window ends on October 5th right? And then the domestic one until 16th.

And that would be a big problem if he kept drifting in middle. Thankfuly we will have Kai upfront in those moments. Timo works in two striker system, but two traditional strikers bring all sorts of tactical problems and you lose a pair of legs in midfield. So instead of getting another traditional striker to pair him with Timo, we will have AM who is just as lethal upfront but can play across entire frontline. Could be ridiculously efficient.

Cech was also 24, played superb euro 2004 and won u21 in 2002 with CZ. Mendy is 28.

Was it Petit? He wasnt even in same position. Neither were Makelele or Veron being creative midfileders. So no, this wasnt Lamps direct competition. Lamps was at the time our main choice. He was brought as THE signing. In case of Odoi or Mount; Kai and Ziyech are the signings who will start. I mean what do people think? Are you trying to believe this is gonna work and our youth will flourish? Mount played almost all games last season and he was good. The CLUB then decided we need to spend 100m in his position. And 40m on RW where Odoi could easily play. And 60m where Tammy could play. Its clear arent youth isnt trusted enough if the board went and splashed 200m on new arrivals. Kai is biggest AM talent in the world. But yes sure, the club believes in Mount so much, he will definately play ahead if he is good enough😄 The only way our youth will play isnt if they play well, but if these new stars flop. Liverpool could splash millions on new RB but they stuck with Trent. If they bought expensive RB who would perform, it wouldnt matter if Trent was good in cup game here and there. Big game and that new reliable expensive RB will get picked 9/10 times. What are you people smoking...we had good go with the youth, but its over. We will be better team now for sure. Kai is better than Mount. Werner over Tammy etc. But we wont have youth core. These players wont be big players for us. They will be good rotation options, but never key players. That is unless new signings flop or get injury prone.

Wasnt Sancho just 17 when he left? Odoi at 17 wasnt playing for us either. Its more like Foden situation now. Silva left. So everyone expects Foden to step up. Is he great player? No. But could be. City could still throw a bag of money and sign established midfielder. Which puts Foden back to not just the bench, but guaranteed place on bench with game here and there. See the difference? Odoi is same. Pedro and Willian left. Odoi could step up. But instead, we signed Ziyech who will keep him out. Lets not kid ourselves. Even a couple bad games from Ziy and couple good from Odoi wont make Odoi a starter here. Just like when Rudiger came back, Tomori was warming the bench. Sure Tomori wasnt great when he came on but thats the thing. You dont play for long periods, sure you will be rusty. Then next game the star will already start the game. And you will get chance later, rusty again. Rinse and repeat. Same is with Mount. If Kai gets here, Mount wont be a starter. Maybe he will get game on wings, and another deeper, but he is AM. Will certainly not develop like he would playing every game as AM. Its like when we brought Lamps, we also brought Zidane and tell Lamps he will get the chance. Never. Sad thing is that players like Odoi, Mount at one point in future would bleed for the club being ours. Kai and others might be world stars, but I doubt they will. Times when foreigners like Drogba gave 120% are long gone with the new spoiled generation. Also Kai could decide to move to Real in few years. Mount even if he became star wouldnt. We would have to pay yes, but they would stay for the club. Foreigners are more likely to dream of Real and Barca etc.